I can say my jeans are long, but I can’t say …

Some time ago, I blogged about my macro photo of a ladies’ wristwatch, with a photo called Tick Tock Symphonette. I posted it to my Facebook page, as well as to the Facebook “Chuck Miller Creative Writing Service” page.

And suddenly … the post was removed.

???

I didn’t remove the post. Facebook removed it, claiming that I had violated copyright.

Oh … kay.

Yesterday, I re-did the Tick Tock Symphonette project, this time cropping the image to just show the gears and the synthetic jewels. You know … this image.

And THAT post got yanked from my Chuck Miller Creative Writing Service page. Again … a violation of copyright.

So what’s going on here?

I’m suspecting that Facebook’s algorithm has certain key words that automatically flag an alert as a possible copyright infringement. And I’m also suspecting that the watch company may have a problem with anyone posting a picture of their product on FB.

So what to do, what to do.

I guess there’s only one thing to try at this point.

Obviously, this is a killer photo. It’s definitely Competition Season worthy. But if it keeps getting flagged on FB as a copyright strike …

It might have something to do with the name. Not the name of the photo, but the name of the watch manufacturer itself.

With that in mind … I’m going to keep the picture in my archive, and will enter it in competition for sure …

But I won’t mention the name of the company that made the watch. Not one word. I mean … it’s obvious who the company is, the name’s right on the photo. But it’s not coming from my lips.

Maybe to get around it, I’ll talk about some other products.

You know … like jeans. Blue jeans. Green jeans.

That’s green jeans, not green genes, but you get my point.

Maybe I should mention short jeans. Like this banjo player who wears very short jeans.

And if we’re mentioning short jeans, perhaps we should go in a different direction and mention some long jeans.

So … yeah. If you can figure out what’s going on here, then gold stars for you.

But I can’t take a chance on my blog post or my photo getting yanked off FB because they think I’m trying to sell a copyrighted product. Which I’m not.

But then again, sometimes Facebook’s algorithm is like a burlap condom. It’s a barrier against pleasure and a cobweb against disease.

And that’s burlap … not denim. If you get my meaning.